ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT

43 U.S.C. §
1602

(b) "Native" means a
citizen
of the United States who is a person of one-fourth degree or
more Alaska Indian (including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlakatla Indian
Community) Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. The term includes any
Native as so defined either or both of whose adoptive parents are not Natives. It also
includes, in the absence of proof of a minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United
States who is regarded as an Alaska Native by the Native
village
or Native group of which he claims to be a member and
whose
father or mother is (or, if deceased, was) regarded as Native by any village or group. Any decision of
the
Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment shall be final;

(c) "Native village" means
any tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or association in Alaska listed in
sections
1610 and 1615 of this title, or which
meets the requirements of this chapter, and which the Secretary
determines was, on the 1970 census enumeration date (as shown by the census or other
evidence satisfactory to the Secretary, who shall make
findings
of fact in each instance), composed of twenty-five or more Natives;

(d) "Native group" means
any
tribe, band, clan, village, community, or village association of Natives in Alaska composed of less than twenty-five Natives, who comprise a majority of the residents of the
locality;

(e) "Public lands" means
all
Federal lands and interests therein located in Alaska except: (1) the smallest practicable
tract, as determined by the Secretary, enclosing land actually
used in connection with the administration of any federal
installation, and (2) land selections of the State of Alaska which have been patented or tentatively approved under section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act, as amended (72 Stat.
341, 77 Stat. 223), or identified for selection by the State prior to January 17, 1969;

(i) "Municipal
Corporation"
means any general unit of municipal government under the laws of the State of Alaska;

(j) "Village Corporation"
means an Alaska Native Village Corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold,
invest, manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and
on behalf of a Native village in accordance with the terms of
this
chapter;

(k) "Fund" means the
Alaska
Native Fund in the Treasury of the United States established by section 1605 of this title;

(l) "Planning Commission"
means the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission established by section 1616 of this title;

(n) "Group Corporation"
means an Alaska Native Group Corporation organized under
the
laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold,
invest,
manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on
behalf
of members of a Native group in accordance with the terms
of
this chapter;

(o) "Urban Corporation"
means an Alaska Native Urban Corporation organized under
the
laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold,
invest,
manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on
behalf
of members of an urban community of Natives in accordance
with the terms of this chapter;

(p) "Settlement Common
Stock" means stock of a Native Corporation issued pursuant
to
section 1606(g)(1) of this title that carries with it the rights
and
restrictions listed in section 1606(h)(1) of this title;